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WASHINGTON. D.C. – Speaking today on the House floor on healthcare, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) asked, “When will this body deal with the problem in many cases created by government in a way that the American people can have the confidence that in fact we view problems as something that gets solved…We still don’t’ get it, the crisis is hear in Washington.  The crises are ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – In a letter to Administrator Lisa Jackson, Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-CA) and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) warned that if the Environmental Protection Agency moved forward with rumored plans to dismantle the National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE), the agency would dramatically weaken its ability to understand and evaluate the economic impact of its regulatory proposals.  Moreover, the move has the appearance of ...

Highlights Need for Full Investigation into Activities WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) partnered with House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) to sponsor legislation that would sever ties between the federal government and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).  At the same time, House Republicans are also sending a letter to ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Speaking today on the House floor on healthcare, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) asked, “When will this body deal with the problem in many cases created by government in a way that the American people can have the confidence that in fact we view problems as something that gets solved…We still don’t’ get it, the crisis is hear in Washington.  The crises are created in Washington ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – In a letter to Administrator Lisa Jackson, Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-CA) and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) warned that if the Environmental Protection Agency moved forward with rumored plans to dismantle the National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE), the agency would dramatically weaken its ability to understand and evaluate the economic impact of its regulatory proposals.  Moreover, the move has the appearance of retaliation against ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today applauded U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves’ decision to terminate its partnership with ACORN in conducting the 2010 Census. “ACORN had no business working on the Census.  ACORN’s partisan election efforts and its involvement in criminal conduct rightly disqualified it from working on the non-partisan mission of the Census to ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today applauded U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves’ decision to terminate its partnership with ACORN in conducting the 2010 Census. “ACORN had no business working on the Census.  ACORN’s partisan election efforts and its ...

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement regarding a report released today by President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors that suggests that the “stimulus” has “saved or created” more than 1 million jobs: “The flawed macroeconomic models that produce deceptive and self-serving reports of the effects ...